Shlomo Elkayam

Was born in 1912 in Tel Aviv.
In 1930 he graduated from the School of Commerce.
He studied for a year at the American University in Beirut and then in 1936 he completed his law studies at the Law School of the Mandate Government.
He was qualified as a lawyer inApril 1937. Until 1944 he was a hired lawyer and until 1961 he worked as an independent lawyer.
In 1947 he was drafted into the army with the rank of captain and functioned as a military prosecutor of the Givaty Brigade as well as a military prosecutor on the Fourth Front in the Southern District.
In 1956 he served as the legal advisor to the military governor until the end of the military administration.
In 1961 he was appointed as a judge in the District Court in Jerusalem.
In 1965 he was appointed as the President of the District Court in Be'er Sheva.
He retired on 2/28/1981.
He passed away in 1996.

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Case No. - 3009/1987 |

The election system for delegates in Brazil to the XXXI Zionist Congress
- Description
  
  Judgment regarding the election system in Brazil for the XXXI Zionist Congress
- Date
  
  30/9/1987
- Parties
  1. The Area Election Committee in Brazil
  2. The Zionist Organization of Brazil
  - against -
  
  the Central Election Committee in Jerusalem
- Judges
  
  Shlomo Elkayam Yehuda Golan Avraham Tiar
- Brief
  
  The Area Election Committee in Brazil and the Zionist Organization of Brazil are appealing the decision of the Central Election Committee.
  
  The court accepts the appeal.
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Case No. - 2611/1982 |

The election method for the Zionist Congress - England
- Description
  
  A judgment regarding the indirect election system in England ahead of the Zionist Congress
- Date
  
  26/11/1982
- Parties
  
  Poalei Zion - England
  The Labor Movement - England
  The United Workers Party - England
  
  Appellant No. 1
  
  The Organization of General Zionists in England
  Herut- in England
  Mizrachi and Hapoel Mizrahi - in England
  
  Appellant No. 2
  
  - Against -
  
  The Area Election Committee in England
  
  Respondent No. 1
  
  The Jerusalem Central Election Committee
  
  Respondent No. 2
  
  Attorney T. Klementinovsky, attorney for the The World Zionist Organization
  Mapam and the Student Union in England
  
  Respondent No. 3
- Judges
  
  Shlomo Elkayam Yitzchak Shvo Dr. Yaacov Schechter
- Brief
  
  The petitioners made substantive and formal claims regarding the electoral system in England.
  
  The substantive claim mainly referred to the degree of democracy of the chosen method.
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